Hi there. I had a lot of fun creating for the current challenge over on the Little Tangles Blog. Anything goes means no rules so as I was searching the web for inspiration, I came across THIS video by Jennifer McGuire. She did a guest spot for us last year HERE where she shared how to create a watercolor bleed with Distress ink…. I inked up THIS beautiful stamp set from Neat and Tangled...
Hi! I don’t think the watercolor trend is slowing down anytime soon, so I thought it would be a perfect fit for the next challenge over on the Little Tangles Blog. Here is my card for the challenge… I started by stamping THIS stamp on to some watercolor cardstock using VersaMark ink. I heat embossed it using white embossing powder. Heat embossing is a great way to keep the color in the right...
The Little Tangles Challenge Blog announced their first challenge of the new year and introduced their new design team. I’m happy to say that I’ve decided to stay on as their Design Team Leader this year! I love Neat and Tangled Stamps and I’m ecstatic that sweet Danielle asked me back. I made three cards for the challenge… For all three cards I used THIS stamp set… Merry and Bright I used the curved border image...
It’s the last challenge of the year over on the Little Tangles Challenge Blog and it’s all about Bling… Here is my card I created for the challenge.. I embossed the Punchinella stamp with Silver Embossing Powder on to some gray cardstock and punched a heart shape from it. I die-cut a large circle from THIS glitter paper and punched a scalloped circle out of Neenah White Cardstock to go behind it. I also cut a...
Hello! Today’s new challenge over on the Little Tangles Blog is all about Embossing! I have a great tip to share for multi-colored embossing. First, here is my card for the challenge… …and this is the background image I used from Neat and Tangled… Neat and Tangled’s Tiny Triangles Stamp This stamp works perfectly for this technique because of the solid and open areas in the stamp. So to create the multi-colored silver and gold...
Hi there! Today I’m sharing a quick Thanksgiving gift idea that would be perfect for a teacher or hostess at your Thanksgiving dinner… I bought a pack of chocolate bars and wrapped each one with some fun Doodlebug fall patterned papers. I used THIS die set to cut out the scalloped and stitched pieces. They are the perfect width to wrap around the candy bar! You can find this project over on the Little...
A new challenge was just announced over on the Little Tangles Blog. I just love this color combo and created this CAS card using it… I die-cut some kraft and teal cardstock using THIS die set…a favorite of mine! I inked up the sentiment and lightbulb image from THIS set and heat embossed them in white and orange. A closer look… Like I mentioned, I wanted to keep it clean and simple, which is...
Welcome. The Little Tangles Blog announced a new challenge today… I thought it would be fun for the design team members to pair up on teams and create cards inspired by each other. Sweet Danielle was my team member and I chose this card she created as my inspiration… …and created this card… I just love Danielle’s CAS style. It’s something that I struggle at. I took inspiration from her and created my scene...
World Card Making Day is this Saturday, October 4th. In honor of that, I created a challenge on the Little Tangles Blog that is Anything Goes! No rules or guidelines. Just create and have fun. Here is my card I created for the challenge using THIS fun set…. I thought the boy and girl would make a perfect wedding/anniversary congrats card. I started off with a light wash of watercolor for the background and...
I noticed that my free time became limited when I became a mommy to my little guy. I had to learn how to maximize the small amount of time I had to craft. I’m sure that many of you feel that our every day lives get busier and busier so I thought I should create a challenge that would I managed to get THREE cards done… The ONLY way I got three cards done...
